Polish American Historical Association

The Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), founded in 1942, is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of Polish American history and culture. Originally a section of the larger Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, PAHA soon became an independent organization. On September 11, 1942, historian Oskar Halecki proposed an autonomous historical institution and chose Miecislaus Haiman of the Polish Museum of America in Chicago as its founding president. Since 1944, PAHA publishes Polish American Studies, an interdisciplinary journal focused primarily in social science and the humanities relating to American Polonia. It is edited by James S. Pula, who also edited PAHA's recent The Polish American Encyclopedia (McFarland Publishing, 2011).

PAHA is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization (EIN 362729972) and is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, with a membership of scholars and individuals interested in Polish immigrant history from around the world. One of PAHA's main functions is to maintain liaison with scholars throughout the world and promote research. The organization also encourages and assists local Polish American programs. PAHA'S MISSION STATEMENT identifies the following goals:

To promote the study of Polish American history and culture as part of the greater Polish diaspora;
To encourage and disseminate scholarly research and publication on the Polish American experience in the fields of history, the social sciences, the humanities and the arts, and advance scholarly collaboration across disciplines; and
To support collection and preservation of historical sources regarding the Polish past in America.

Structure

The current Officers and Board of PAHA[1] include:

Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz (President)
Dr. Anna Muller (First Vice-President)
Dr. Iwona Drag-Korga (Second Vice-President)
Dr. James S. Pula (Treasurer)
Dr. Maja Trochimczyk (Secretary and Communications Director)
Dr. Pien Versteegh (Executive Director)
Dr. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann (Editor of Polish American Studies)

PAHA Council

Dr. Mieczysław B. B. Biskupski
Dr. John Bukowczyk
Dr. Czeslaw Karkowski
Dr. Grazyna Kozaczka (Past President)
Dr. Mary Patrice Erdmans
Dr. Stephen M. Leahy
Ms. Bożena Nowicka McLees
Dr. Dominic Pacyga
Dr. Dorota Praszałowicz
Dr. Neal Pease
Mr. Robert Synakowski
Dr. Joanna Wojdon

PAHA's Past Presidents are

Miecislaus Haiman (1942–49) Honorary President (1949)
Rev. Joseph Swastek (1949–51)
A.J. Sokolnicki (1952)
Rev. Joseph Swastek (1953)
Rev. Valerius Jasinski (1954)
Sr. Mary Virginette, C.S.S.F. (1955)
Rev. Francis Domanski, SJ (1956)
Rev. M.J. Madaj (1957)
Fr. Ladislaus J. Siekaniec, OFM (1958–59)
Sr. Mary Catherine, CR (1960)
Rev. Constantine Klukowski, O.F.M. (1961–62)
Frank B. Roman (1963)
Eugene Kusielewicz (1964–65)
Rev. Zdzislaw Peszkowski (1966)
Sigmund H. Uminski (1967)
Rev. Menceslaus J. Madaj (1968–69)
Joseph Wieczerzak (1970)
Bernadine Pietraszek (1971)
Rev. Jacek Przygoda (1972)
Bernadine Pietraszek (1973)
George J. Lerski (1974)
Rev. M.J. Madaj (1975)
Frank A. Renkiewicz (1976)
Sr. Ellen Marie Kuznicki, CSSF (1977)
Joseph W. Wieczerzak (1978)
Anthony F. Turhollow (1979)
Angela Pienkos (1980)
James S. Pula (1981)
Thomas J. Napierkowski (1982)
Rev. Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J. (1983)
Thaddeus V. Gromada (1984)
Thaddeus Radzialowski (1985)
Stanislaus Blejwas (1986)
Rev. Leonard F. Chrobot (1987–88)
M. B. B. Biskupski (1988–90)
John J. Bukowczyk (1990–92)
Thomas J. Napierkowski (1992–94); Thaddeus V. Gromada (1994–96)
William Galush (1996–98)
Thomas Gladsky (1998-2000)
Stanislaus Blejwas (2000–01)
Donald Pienkos (2001–03)
Mary Patrice Erdmans (2003–06)
Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann (2007-2008)
Brian McCook (2009-2010)
Neal Pease (2011-2012)
Thomas Napierkowski (2013-2014)
Grażyna Kozaczka (2015-2016).

Publications

In addition to its scholarly journal, Polish American Studies, edited by Prof. Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann (for the previous 30 years edited by Prof. James Pula),[2] the organization publishes a semi-annual PAHA Newsletter,[3] and a blog[4] with current news and brief articles pertaining to the history of Polish immigrants in America (edited by Dr. Maja Trochimczyk. PAHA also supports the publication of books on Polish and Polish American subjects by the Ohio University Press. The association has also sponsored its most substantial publication, The Polish American Encyclopedia, edited by Prof. James Pula and published in 2011 by McFarland Books to a great critical acclaim.[5]

Conferences

PAHA sponsors an annual conference, in conjunction with the American Historical Association, which serves as a forum for research in the field of ethnic studies. The 73rd Annual Meeting took place in Atlanta, Georgia, in January 2016. The list of earlier Annual Meetings is posted on PAHA Website.[6]

Awards

Each year at its annual meeting, PAHA bestows a series of award honoring individuals and organizations for their contributions to the Polish American cultural and social life and to its history and the arts. The Halecki Prize honors books, the Haiman Award - distinguished scholars, the Amicus Poloniae - individuals not of Polish descent dedicated to the cause of Polonia, the Swastek Prize - the best article published in Polish-American Studies, and the Skalny Civic Achievement Awards - contributions to Polonia's community. PAHA also bestows Creative Arts Awards, Distinguished Service Award, and Graduate Student Award(s). The Awards and their honorees are described below.

The Oskar Halecki Prize

The Oskar Halecki Prize "recognizes an important book or monograph on the Polish experience in the United States." It commemorates one of the co-founders of PAHA, historian Oskar Halecki (1891-1973).[7]

List of the Halecki Prize winners

2016: Prof. Mieczysław B. Biskupski, for The Most Dangerous German Agent in America (NIU Press, 2015).
2015: Dr. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann and Theodore Zawistowski for "Letters from Readers in the Polish American Press, 1902-1969: A Corner for Everybody."
2014: Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz for "East Central Europe in Exile, vols. 1-2: Transatlantic Migrations, and Transatlantic Identities"[8]
2013: Beth Holmgren, Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012). ISBN 978-0-253-35664-2.
2012: Brian McCook, The Borders of Integration: Polish Migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2012). ISBN 978-0-8214-1926-7.2011: James S. Pula, ed., The Polish American Encyclopedia[9]
2010: M. B. B. Biskupski, Hollywood's War With Poland, 1939-1945[10] and Danusha V. Goska, Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype, Its Role in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture[11]
2009: Alex Storozynski, The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution[12]
2008: M. B. B. Biskupski & Antony Polonsky, Polin, Volume 19: Polish-Jewish Relations in North America[13]
2007: William J. Galush, For More Than Bread: Community and Identity in American Polonia, 1880-1940[14]
2006: John Radzilowski, Poles in Minnesota[15]
2005: Mary Erdmans, The Grasinski Girls: The Choices They Had and the Choices They Made[16]
2004: Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939-1956 [17]
2003: Karen Majewski, Traitors and True Poles: Narrating a Polish-American Identity, 1880-1939[18]
2002: Joseph Bigott, From Cottage to Bungalow: Houses and the Working Class in Metropolitan Chicago,1869-1929[19] and Stephen Leahy, Clement Zablocki, Milwaukee's Most Politician: A Study of Local Politics and Congressional Foreign Policy[20]
2001: No award
2000: Deborah Anders Silverman, Polish-American Folklore[21]
1999: Thomas S. Gladsky and Rita Holmes Gladsky, eds.,Something of My Very Own to Say: American Women Writers of Polish Descent[22] and Joseph Wieczerzak, Bishop Francis Hodur: Biographical Essays[23]
1998: Mary Patrice Erdmans, Opposite Poles: Immigrants and Ethnics in Polish Chicago, 1976-1990[24]
1997: Suzanne Strempek Shea, Hoopi Shoopi Donna[25]
1996: No award
1995: James S. Pula, Polish Americans: An Ethnic Community[26]
1994: Anthony Bukoski, Children of Strangers: Stories[27]
1993: Thomas Gladsky, Princes, Peasants, and Other Polish Selves: Ethnicity in American Literature[28]
1992: Dominic Pacyga, Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922[29]
1991: James S. Pula and Eugene E. Dziedzic, United We Stand: The Role of Polish Workers in the New Mills Textile Strikes, 1912 and 1916[30]
1990: Barbara Stern Burstin, After the Holocaust: The Migration of Polish Jews and Christians to Pittsburgh[31]
1989: Sister Ann Marie Knawa, O.S.F., As God Shall Ordain: A History of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, 1894-1987[32]
1988: Josephine Wtulich, Marcin Kula, Witold Kula, and Nina Assorodobraj-Kula, Writing Home: Immigrants in Brazil and the United States, 1890-1891[33]
1987: Ex aequo: John Bukowczyk, And My Children Did Not Know Me: A History of the Polish-Americans[34]
1987: Ex aequo: Eugene Obidinski and Helen Stankiewicz, Polish Folkways in America: Community and Family[35]

The Haiman Award

The Miecislau Haiman Award of the Polish American Historical Association is "offered annually to an American scholar for sustained contribution to the study of Polish Americans." These awards commemorate a historian, writer, journalist, translator and Polonia activist, Mieczyslaw (Miecislau) Haiman (1888-1949), who was the first director of the Polish Museum of America, and the first historian of American Polonia.

List of the Haiman Award Winners:

2015: Dorota Praszalowicz
2014: Neal Pease
2013: Dominic Pacyga
2012: Richard Lukas
2011: Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
2010: Piotr Wandycz
2009: Thomas Napierkowski
2008: John Radzilowski
2007: Eugene Obidinski
2006: Mary Patrice Erdmans
2005: Angela and Donald Pienkos
2004: Adam Walaszek
2003: Mieczyslaw B. B. Biskupski
2002: Thomas Gladsky
2000: William Galush
1999: Daniel Buczek
1994: John J. Bukowczyk
1993: Andrzej Brozek
1992: Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J.
1990: Stanislaus Blejwas
1989: Edward Pinkowski
1988: James S. Pula
1987: Helena Znaniecki Lopata
1986: Edward Rozanski
1985: Thaddeus Gromada
1984: Eugene Kusielewicz
1983: Thaddeus Radzilowski
1982: Ellen Marie Kuznicki
1981: Victor Greene
1980: Joseph Wieczerzak
1979: Metchie Budka
1978: Frank Renkiewicz
1976: Jacek Przygoda
1975: Waclaw Jedrzejewicz
1973: M.J. Madaj
1971: Joseph Swastek
1970: Ludwik Krzyzanowski
1969: Arthur Waldo
1967/68: Marion Moore Coleman
1966: Oscar Halecki (first Haiman Award winner)

Creative Arts Awards

PAHA's Creative Arts Award, established in 1999, "recognizes contributions in the field of creative arts by individuals or groups who have promoted an awareness of the Polish experience in the Americas."

List of Winners:

2016: Maja Trochimczyk, poet, for her collections about Polish civilian experience in WWII and its aftermath, Slicing the Bread (Finishing Line Press, 2014) and The Rainy Bread (Moonrise Press, 2016).
2014: Adrian Prawica, a film maker
2013: Julian Stańczak, a Polish-born painter and printmaker recognized for his 70 years art career as one of the important pioneers in Op-Art, with a unique gift for painting and insight into visual perception.[36]
2012: Brigid Pasulka, author of "A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009)[37]
2011: John Guzlowski, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Eastern Illinois University, and a noted poet.
2008: Anthony Bukoski, professor at the University of Wisconsin, writer, author of several collection of short stories.
2007: Linda Nemec Foster, author of seven poetry collections.
2006: Ann Hetzel-Gunkel, Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies at Columbia College, Chicago.
2005: Marek Czarnecki, an iconographer, the director of Seraphic Restorations in Meriden, Connecticut.
2004: Keith Maillard, writer and novelist.
2003: Anthony Bukoski, author of Time Between Trains, a collection of 13 short stories.
2002: Lucyna Migala, founder and director of the Lira Singers, Chicago.[38]
2000: Suzanne Strempek Shea, Author of series of very well-received novels that deal with Polish American life and experience.[39]
1999: Ada Dziewanowska, author of Polish Folk Dances and Songs: A Step by Step Guide (New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997).[40]

The Swastek Prize

The Swastek Prize is awarded annually for the best article published in a given volume of Polish American Studies, the journal of the Polish American Historical Association. This award, established in 1981, is named in honor of Rev. Joseph V. Swastek (1913-1977), the editor of Polish American Studies for many years, and a past president of the Polish American Historical Association.

List of Winners:

2016: Prof. Pawel Zietara of Warsaw, Poland, “Troubles with ‘Mela’: A Polish American Reporter, the Secret Services of People's Poland, and the FBI" (PAS 72, No 1, Spring 2015).
2015: Lori A. Matten, “Scouting for Identity: Recruiting Daughters to Save the Traditional Polish Family During the Interwar Years” (PAS 71/1, Spring 2014).
2014: Leonard Kurdek, “The Real-Life Story Behind ‘Call Northside 777’: The Crime, the Conviction, and the Search for Justice" Polish American Studies, Vol. 70, no. 2 (Autumn 2013): 5-78.
2013: Anna Mazurkiewicz "'Join, or Die'--The Road to Cooperation Among East European Exiled Political Leaders in the United States, 1949-1954," Vol. 69, No.2 (Autumn 2012).[41]
2012: Myron Momryk, “Ignacy Witczak’s Passport, Soviet Espionage, and the Origins of the Cold War in Canada,”Vol.68, No. 2 (Autumn 2011).[42]
2011: Robert Szymczak, “Cold War Crusader: Arthur Bliss Lane and the Private Committee to Investigate the Katyn Massacre, 1949-1952,” Vol. 6, No. 2 (Autumn 2010).[43]
2010: Suzanne M. Zukowski, "From Peasant to Proletarian: Home Ownership in Milwaukee's Polonia" Vol. 66, No. 2 (Autumn 2009).[44]
2008: Iwona Drąg Korga, “The Information Policy of the Polish Government-in-Exile toward the American Public During World War II” Vol. 64, No. 1 (Spring 2007).[45]
2007: Maja Trochimczyk, “The Impact of Mazowsze and Sląsk on Polish Folk Dancing in California” Vol. 63, No. 1 (Spring 2006).[46]
2006: Adam Walaszek, “Tomasz Siemiradzki: An Intellectual in Ethnic Politics,” Vol. 62, No. 2 (Autumn 2005).[47]
2005: Neal Pease, “The Kosciuszko Reds, 1909-1919: Kings of the Milwaukee Sandlots,” Vol. 61, No. 1 (Spring 2004).[48]
2004: Ann Hetzel Gunkel, “The Sacred in the City: Polonian Street Processions as Countercultural Practice,” Vol. 60, No. 2 (Autumn 2003).[49]
2003: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, “American Polonia and the School Strike in Września,” Vol. 59, No. 1 (Spring 2002).[50]
2002: Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, "The Mobilization of American Polonia for the Cause of the Displaced Persons" Vol. 58, No. 1 (Spring 2001).[51]
2001: Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, "The Polish Post-World War II Diaspora: An Agenda for a New Millenium” Vol. 57, No. 2 (Autumn 2000).[52]
2000: Timothy G. Borden, "The Salvation of the Poles: Working Class Ethnicity and Americanization Efforts During the Interwar Period in Toledo, Ohio" Vol. 56, No. 2 (Autumn 1999)[53]
1999: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "The Republic of Poland and the Origins of the Polish American Congress" Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring 1998).[54]
1998: Francis C. Kajencki, "Kościuszko's Role in the Siege of Ninety-Six" Vol. 54, No. 2 (Autumn 1997).[55]
1997: Celia Berdes and Adam Zych, "The Quality of Life of Polish Immigrant and Polish American Ethnic Elderly" Vol. 53, No.1 (Spring 1996).[56]
1996: John Radziłowski, "’The Other Side of Chicago’: The Poles of Arizona" Vol. 52, No. 2 (Autumn 1995).[57]
1995: Robert D. Ubriaco, Jr., "Bread and Butter Politics or Foreign Policy Concerns? Class Versus Ethnicity in the Midwestern Polish American Community During the 1946 Congressional Elections," Vol. 51, No. 2 (Autumn 1994).[58]
1994: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "Stanisław Osada: Immigrant Nationalist," Vol. 50, No. 1 (Spring 1993).[59]
1993: Adam Walaszek, "How Could It All Appear So Rosy?--- Re-emigrants from the United States in Poland, 1919-1924" Vol. 49, No. 2 (Autumn 1992).[60]
1992: John Radzilowski, "One Community, One Church, Two Towns: The Poles of Southwestern Minnesota, 1882-1905" Vol. 48, No. 2 (Autumn 1991).[61]
1991: William J. Galush, "Purity and Power: Chicago Polonian Feminists, 1880-1914," Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 1990)[62]
1990: Marcin Kula, "Those Who Failed to Reach the United States: Polish Proletarians in Cuba During The Interwar Period," Vol. 46, No. 1 (Spring 1989)[63]
1989: Mary E. Cygan, "A ‘New Art’ for Polonia: Polish American Radio Comedy During the 1930s," Vol. 45, No. 2 (Autumn 1988).[64]
1988: Anthony J. Kuzniewski, "’Jesteśmy Polakami': Wenceslaus Kruszka and the Value of America's Polish Heritage" Vol. 44, No. 2 (Autumn 1987).[65]
1987: David G. Januszewski, "The Case of the Polish Exile Government in the American Press, 1939-1945" Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 1986).[66]
1986: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "Puritans and Poles: The New England Literary Image of the Polish Peasant Immigrant" Vol. 42, No. 2 (Autumn 1985).[67]
1985: John J. Bukowczyk, "Polish Rural Culture and Immigrant Working Class Formation, 1880-1914" Vol. 41, No. 2 (Autumn 1984) Article[68]
1984: Stanley L. Cuba, "Reverend Anthony Klawiter: Polish Roman and National Catholic Builder-Priest" Vol. 40, No. 2 (Autumn 1983). Article[69]
1982: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "Old and New Polonias: Tensions Within an Ethnic Community" Vol. 38, No. 2 (Autumn 1981). Article[70]
1981: Daniel S. Buczek, “Ethnic to American: Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Stamford, Connecticut” Vol. 37, No. 2 (Autumn 1980). Article[71]

Amicus Poloniae Award

The Amicus Poloniae Award, established by PAHA in 2001, "recognizes significant contributions enhancing knowledge of Polish and Polish-American heritage by individuals not belonging to the Polish-American community."

List of Winners

Dr. Alvin M. Fountain II and Brenda Bruce who co-founded the Paderewski Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2014 (paderewski-festival.org)
2015: Silvia Dapia
2014: Terry Tegnazian, publisher and president of Aquila Polonica dedicated to issuing books about Poland in World War II.
2013: Peter Hetherington. A geologist by profession he is the author of Unvanquished – a 750-page book that through a dynamic narrative chronicles Joseph Pilsudski's life.
2012: Harlan J. Berk, founder and president of Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, IL, was the person who noticed that items brought to his business for sale had come from the Polish Museum of America in Chicago. He did the right thing and notified authorities, thereby setting in motion the recovery of some $5 million worth of irreplaceable artifacts missing from the Polish Museum collections.
2011: Pien Versteegh, director for Strategic Projects at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, has published works on the Polish migrant workers in western Europe and in the United States in the last decade of the 19th century, and first decades of the 20th century.
2010: Ieva Zake of Rowan University (New Jersey) published research work in a field that is central to the mission of PAHA, the place of organized American ethnic groups, particularly those from east and central Europe, in the making of U.S. foreign policy.
2009: Stephen Leahy, has held several important positions within PAHA, such as editing the newsletter and serving on the Awards Committee.
2008: Sean Martin, associate curator for Jewish history at the Western Reserve Historical Society who also teaches at the University of Phoenix. Dr. Martin's academic interests lie in Polish-Jewish relations.
2007: Joel Wurl, a senior program officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C., recognized for his longtime service at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota.
2006: Gillian Berchowitz, senior editor and assistant director of Ohio University Press. She helped develop OUP's Polish and Polish-American Studies Series, which has produced numerous award-winning volumes.
2005: David McGonagle and Susan Needham, representing the Catholic University Press of America for publishing: Waclaw Kruszka, Hisotrya Polska w Ameryce. 4 vols. Translated by Krystyna Jankowski. Edited by James S. Pula. Baltimore: Catholic University of America Press, 1993-2001. This work translated Kruszka's 1901-1904 newspaper articles chronicling the history of Polish communities in America. David McGonagle and Susan Needham were instrumental in bringing this project to fruition.
2004: Rudolph J. Vecoli of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota has provided international leadership in documenting and preserving Polish American history, e.g., the support for the Polish American Collection at IHRC.
2003: Laurie Winters, Curator of Earlier European Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, for organizing the outstanding exhibition, "Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendors of Poland."
2001: Rev. William Wolkowich-Valkavicius, recognized for his extensive published research on Lithuanian American history, religious life in America, national self-identification, and relations with other immigrant an ethnic groups, especially Polish Americans.

Skalny Civic Achievement Award

Since 1991, PAHA's Civic Achievement Awards has honored "individuals or groups who advance PAHA’s goals of promoting research on and awareness of the Polish experience in the Americas."

List of winners

2016: Marta Alicja Swica - of Minneapolis, MN, from the Polanie Club Minneapolis and St. Paul, Tomasz Skotnicki - Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Denver, CO, Katarzyna Zak - President of the Polish Club in Denver, Elizabeth Kanski and Vladek Juszkiewicz of the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles.
2014: Dr. Karen Majewski, Timothy J. Kuzma, Frank Milewski, Dr. Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, Alex Storozynski
2013: Edward J. Dybicz, Susanne Lotarski, Tony Muszynski, Irene Tomaszewski, Wanda Urbanska, and the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo, Inc.
2012: Mary S. Anselmo, David Motak, Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel, Dr. Roman Solecki, and Dr. Ewa M. Thompson.
2011: Ewa Barczyk, Maria Ciesla, Dr. Bożena Nowicka McLees, Dr. Frank Kujawiński, Paul Odrobina, Hon. Aurelia Pucinski, Sharon Zago, St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital of Chicago, Gabriela Pawluś Kasprzak, Krystyna Cap, and Mark Kohan.
2010: Jacek Galazka, Joseph Gore, Jane Kedron, Neil Mesick, Congressman John Lescoe, Polish and Polish American Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, and Jonathan Shea.
2009: Richard Kobzi, Richard Widerynski, Dr. Paul Knoll, and the Polish Music Center (PMC) at the University of Southern California.
2008: Peter Obst, Janusz Bruks, and Addy Tymczyszyn.
2007: Alexander & Patricia Koproski, Dr. Kaya Mirecka-Ploss, Ambassador Edward Rowny, and Kathleen Urbanic.
2006: Elzbieta and Krzysztof Krawczynski, Dorota Lato, Folkert Lee, J. Meyer, Edward Pinkowski, and Bozena Zaremba.
2005: Michael Blichasz, Feliks Bruks, Hilary Czaplicki, Eugene Golomb, Regina Gorzkowska-Rossi, Michael Leach, Deborah Majka, and Frederic Skalny.
2004: Polish Home Association of Seattle, Tom Podl, Ron Golubiec and Martha Golubiec.
2003: Leonard Baldyga, Col. Casimir Lenard, Dr. John Lenczowski, Ted & Irena Mirecki, Dr. Estelle Wachtel Von Torres, Marcin Zmudzki, and Joseph Frugal.
2002: Victor and Irena Barczyk, Maria Teresa Chwojko, Zygmunt Dyrkacz, Christopher Kurczaba, Leszek Kuczynski, Jan Loryś, Msgr. Stanley Milewski, and Joseph Zurawski.
2001: Michael Krolewski, Rev. Walter Madej, Kathleen Urbanic, Wojciech and Maria Przezdziecki, and Wanda Tomczykowska.
2000: Rev. Anthony Iwuc, Irene Grabowy, Dr. Anthony Bajdek, and Irene Pipes.
1999: Maria Lorys, Lucyna Migala, Paul Valasek, Frank Spula, Jerry Kucharski, and Rev. Frank Philips.
1998: American Council for Polish Culture, Edward Pinkowski, Cecelia Patalita, and Chester Rog.
1997: Dr. Anatol Dekeban and the Polanie Club of Minneapolis.
1996: Maria Chrypinska (Orchard Lake, Mich.)
1995: Rose Parulski (Wilno, Minn.)
1994: Wanda Tomczykowska, Mark Kohan, and Sabina Logisz
1993: The Kopernik Memorial Association (Utica, New York)
1992: Donald F. Samull
1991: Blanka Rosenstiel

Distinguished Service Award

This award is given occasional to a member of PAHA who has rendered valuable and sustained service to the organization.

2015 - Dr. Pien Versteegh
2014 - Dr. Maja Trochimczyk
2013 - Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann
2012 - Thaddeus V. Gromada & the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America
2011 - Cheryl Pula
2010 - Jagiellonian University of Kraków
2008 - Thomas Duszak
2007 - Mary Patrice Erdmans
2006 - Joseph Wieczerzak
2006 - Theodore Zawistowski
2005 - Mark Kulikowski
2003 - Tom Napierkowski
2002 - Karen Majewski
2001 - John J. Bukowczyk
2000 - Thaddeus V. Gromada
1999 - James S. Pula
1998 - Stanislaus Blejwas
1997 - The Skalny Family
1996 - Boleslaw Wierzbianski
1995 - Rev. Senior Casimir Grotnik
1993 - Msgr. John P. Wodarski
1992 - Frank Harasick
1991 - Walter Lasinski
1988 - Henry Archacki
1986 - Sister Ellen Marie Kuznicki, CSSF, and Mieczyslaw Haiman (posthumously)

Graduate Student Research Paper Award

The Graduate Student Research Paper Award recognizes outstanding research into Polish-American history and culture by a young scholar in the humanities or social sciences. The winner receives a travel grant to present the paper at the PAHA Annual Meeting.

2016: Joanna Kulpińska, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland for “Multigenerational Migration Chains of Families from Babica: An Attempt at Typology”
2014: Rachel Rothstein
2013 – Two Awards.

Marta Cieślak (Transnational Studies Department, SUNY at Buffalo), "Crossing the Boundaries of Modernity: The Transatlantic Journey of Polish Peasants to the United States"
Piotr Derengowski (Department of History, University of Gdansk, Poland), "Capt. Alexander Raszewski's Polish Legion and Other Less Known Polish Troops in the Union Army During the American Civil War"

2008: Michael T. Urbanski (Central Connecticut State University), "Polite Avoidance: The Story of the Closing of Alliance College," Polish American Studies, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Spring, 2009), pp. 25–42.[72]

Young Scholar Travel Grant

The Young Scholar Travel Grant will replace the Graduate Student Award and was presented for the first time in 2017 at the Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

2016: Alexandra Kurowska-Susdorf, University of Gdańsk, Poland, for “Creating Identity: Discussion around Kashubian and Polish Identity in Canada and Poland”

Special Projects

PAHA serves as an archival institution, and makes appeals for memoirs and historical artifacts among Americans of Polish descent to aid in its historical research. PAHA secured archival storage space at the Central Connecticut State Library with strong interest in acquiring firsthand memoirs and documents from the postwar Polish American diaspora and their current descendants.[73]

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